Gary McKinnon
Gary McKinnon (born 1966 in Glasgow ) is a British Grey -hat hacker, also known under the alias Solo. He is accused of " the largest attack on military computer " to have committed. In the media, he is often referred to as UFO hacker.
Life
The system administrator is accused of being invaded in the years 2001 and 2002 in 97 computer of the armed forces of the United States and NASA. The computer computer network comprised of the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy Department of Defense of the United States and NASA.
McKinnon indicates, using a self-written Perl script by computers without password ( blank password) and then searched the pcAnywhere remote control software installed on their computers to have. McKinnon has indeed already confessed and claimed that he had entered into the computer only to gain information on UFOs and alien technology, where he has become also allegedly found it.
The U.S. Attorney's Office accuses Gary McKinnon claims to have caused by his activities in the computer network damage in the amount of up to $ 900,000, and wants to put him for it in the U.S. court. If he is convicted in the United States, waiting for him there a penalty of up to 70 years in prison and a fine of $ 1.75 million.
After his appeal against extradition to the U.S. was rejected in London on 3 April 2007, threatened him a trial in the United States. The case was treated in August 2008 before the European Court of Human Rights, one of the last chances to avoid being extradited to the United States. Also, this application was rejected on 28 August 2008. Ultimately, he lost on 31 July 2009, a process of the High Court and stood immediately before delivery. In 2009, he received the support of prominent musicians such as Sting and others. So has David Gilmour, guitarist of Pink Floyd, the rock classic Chicago Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young himself re-recorded with the consent of composer Graham Nash with the participation of Chrissie Hynde, Bob Geldof and Gary McKinnon to the against extradition in to protest U.S. and to support this with a simultaneous call for donations.
The autism expert Simon Baron -Cohen announced in January 2009 that he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome McKinnon. His colleagues Bernie Thomas, Jeremy Turk and Declan Murphy joined in this view and warned that an extradition McKinnon would expose a suicide risk.
Beginning of 2012, the High Court expressed concerns about the duration of the extradition process, which lasts for ten years.
In March 2012, the extradition treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom was again criticized, and in June, the MP David Burrowes called on the Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to end the extradition proceedings against Gary McKinnon.
In October 2012, the extradition request of the U.S. Justice was finally dismissed.
Interview
- UFOs - NASA, interview on YouTube, set on May 24, 2006 ( 16:22 min)